92.3 WKRK "The Fan" FM and Newsradio WTAM 1100 AM are both attempting to secure the new contract to become the flagship station of the Cleveland Indians Radio Network, WKNR tried to get back in the game so to speak, but apparently gave up on the bid attempt

T_N_T wrote:Anyone out there use WTAM's 50,000 Watt signal at night time to pick up the Indians game from another state? If it goes to WKRK that will be a thing of the past and MLB at bat purchases may go up

Shit. I bought the app and I live in Madison. Better quality and variety.

If you have a fantasy baseball league that uses CBSSports.com, go to the Live Scoring tab and you can hear all the games from every team's station. If you don't have a fantasy baseball league that uses CBSSports.com, might be worth it to join just for that perk.

As far as moving from the 50K watts of WTAM, I don't think that would be a good move by the Indians. But maybe they aren't worried about how far the signal goes. Maybe they just want the most cash. Seems to me the less people who can get your product, the worse off you are.

Ken Carmen will probably be pissed if 92.3 gets them. There goes his night slot.

T_N_T wrote:Anyone out there use WTAM's 50,000 Watt signal at night time to pick up the Indians game from another state? If it goes to WKRK that will be a thing of the past and MLB at bat purchases may go up

At night I am able to listen to WTAM here in New Hampshire. Still sounds clear too, except for on a humid night.

idoctribefan wrote:I can get WTAM 1100 when traveling west all the way to Des Moines. When traveling south, I lose it about 30 miles north of Columbus. Can't figure it out either.

From what I understand, WTAM's broadcast transmitter is oriented east-west. This is to take advantage of more populous areas in those directions (Pittsburgh, Chicago, Detroit, even Philley and New York City) and to avoid the big black audience hole that is Canada directly north.

After the sun goes down, it becomes a "clear channel" station in the truest sense as weaker local stations go off the air in all directions. Also, AM radio signals bounce off the atmosphere (as opposed to FM signals, which are line-of-sight), making it easier to pick up WTAM at distant points when the local stations are not on the air to interfere.

Wellllll, camelspit. If the atmospheric conditions are right (and after sundown on Long Island since the 1100 station there goes dark then) I can usually get WTAM up here (Central Ma along the CT border) when we're out in the car. I have MLB Audio for home but I don't want to spend an extra $15 to hear it on my Droid too.

FWIW we've pulled WTAM in as far northeast as Portland, ME, as far south as Sanford, FL (static-y but we could make out words OK), to west of the Mississippi somewhere in the AK/OK/TX area, and the Kansas/Denver area along I-70. From the sounds of it some of you in Cleveland have trouble getting "The Fan" even if you're downwind. Sounds like a lose for us/win for Dolans, so they'll probably do it.

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